The Coming Year

Dear friend, I am writing to you so that I can distract myself a bit
And since you are very far away, I will write to you with that much more force.
Since you left, there’s been great change
The old year is over by now
But something still isn’t right here.

People don’t go out much at night, even when there are parties
And there are individuals who have put sacks of sand next to the window
And some are without words for entire weeks
And for others, they have nothing to say
Of the time that remains.

But the television said that the new year
Will bring a transformation
And we are all already in expectation
There will be 3 Christmases and people will celebrate all day
Every Christ will descend from the cross
Even the birds will make their return.

There will be enough to eat and it will be bright for the entire year
Even the mute will be able to speak
While the voiceless already do so.

And people will make love every day as they please
Even the priests will be able to marry
But only at a certain age
And without a lot of pain will someone pass away,
They will be perhaps the people who are too clever
And those who are too foolish in each era.

Consider, dear friend, what I write and say to you
And how content I am
To be here in this moment
Consider, consider, consider, consider,
Consider, dear friend, what one must make up
In order to be able to laugh through it all
In order to continue to hope.

And if this year were to pass then in an instant
Consider, dear friend
How important it becomes
That in this instant you be by near me again

The year that is coming will pass after another year
I am preparing myself and this is the news